Islam In Southeast Asia

From: Atlas of Islamic History Map 30 - The Spread of Islam in Southeast Asia c.1275-c.1600). Atlas provides the main outlines of Islamic history from the immediate pre-Islamic period until the end of 1920, that is, before most parts of the Muslim world became sovereign nation states.

A testament to the relevance of historical research in understanding contemporary politics, Islam and the Making of the Nation guides the reader through the contingencies of the past that have led to the transformation of a nationalist leader into a 'separatist rebel' and a 'martyr', while at the same time shaping the public perception of political Islam and strengthening the position of the Pancasila in contemporary Indonesia.

Professor Azra's meticulous study, using sources from the Middle East itself, shows how scholars in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were reconstructing the intellectual and socio-moral foundation of Muslim societies.

The Chinese Hajj [streaming video] / Looking Glass Pictures. New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2014]. Summary: The Hajj, the largest pilgrimage in the world and the fifth pillar of Islam, is a religious duty for every able-bodied Muslim. Follow five Chinese Muslims as they undertake this journey of a lifetime. A major event organized by the Islamic Association of China, this film tells stories of the event’s organizers, pilgrims and service personnel. Using montage editing techniques, the film presents this sacred journey by combining parallel sequences into a unified thread.

Religion & Social Issues

Conflict and conquest in the Islamic world : a historical encyclopedia, / Alexander Mikaberidze. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c[2011]. A Historical Encyclopedia provides hundreds of entries on wars, revolutions, sieges, institutions, leaders, armies, weapons, and other aspects of wars and military life, enabling readers to understand the complex role conflict has played in Islamic life throughout history and see how Islamic warfare has evolved over the centuries. This reference work covers not only the traditional Middle Eastern regions and countries but also provides relevant historical information regarding Islam in North Africa, Central Asia, Southeastern Asia, and Oceania.

Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies - Taylor & Francis Concepts in Islamic Studies series spans a number of subject areas that are closely linked to the religion. From Islamic Law through to Islam and Globalization, the series includes a whole range of titles under the broad subject heading of Islamic Studies. Upcoming titles include, Tafsir: Interpreting the Qur'an and Early Years of Islam.

Quran app. (Tanzil.net) Quran's recitation for different reciters, over the mouse
translation and interpretation for different scholars.

QuranDownload (a big archive of Quran Translations, It has Quran translations in almost all languages on the world. English, Arabic, Urdu, Download Quran ...)

Online Qur'an Resources (constructed for an online virtual seminar conducted in 2002-2003 by Bruce Lawrence and Daniel Varisco as a pilot project of the SSRC, Social Science Research Council. Since then it has been updated annually.)

Zekr is an open source Quran study software for Windows, Linux and Mac. It's designed to ease access to the most authentic and valuable text of Muslims. Zekr provides Quran translations, recitation, search and other features to study Holy Quran."

"(...) the most successful of a series of Islamic law encyclopaedias. (...) a cross between a dictionary and an encyclopaedia. The main entries consist of digests of various areas of Islamic law. Some of the articles are monographic in length. The exposition is synthetic - the law of each [sunnite, AN] school is not treated in seperate sections." Aron Zysow, in: Aptin Khanbaghi (ed.): Encyclopedias about Muslim Civilisations (2009), p. 18

Pew Research Center -- The World's Muslims: Unity and Diversity
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Bibliography

Interkulturelle Koran-Bibliographie / compiled and edited by Ramin Khanbagi. --Nordhausen 2014. ISBN 978-3-88309-900-2. 1002 pages. [English, Spanish, Italian, French,German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish]. This intercultural bibliography is a cross-national list of Qur'an translations, Qur'an bibliographies and Qur'anic studies within the last thousand years. It is the first compendium collecting 6542 titels in more than 30 European and non-European languages, listing individual studies and journal articles as well as compendia and translations. This reference book consists of 2 parts: The first part lists all translation of the Qur'ān, including incomplete works, as well as the entire Koran literature in abovementioned languages. The second part consists of 3 registers, making it easier to work with this book: a register of persons, a list of all the titels in alphabetical order and a subject index